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Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three
in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Question 5: More and more investors are pouring money into food and beverage start–ups
Question 6: Do you think there _ less conflict in the world if all people spoke the same language?
Question 7: Linda rarely goes to school by bike, but today she a bike
A rides B is riding C is going to ride D will ride
Question 8: John has worked very late at night these days, he is physically exhausted
Question 9: I agree one point with Chris: it will be hard for us to walk 80km
Question 10: , the ancient place is still popular with modern tourists
A Building thousands of years ago B It was built thousands of years ago
C To have built thousands of years ago D Built thousands of years ago
Question 11: Once _ in the UK, the book will definitely win a number of awards in regional book fairs
A is published B having published C published D publishing
Question 12: Your hair needs _ You’d better have it done tomorrow
Question 13: He was pleased that things were going on _
Trang 2A satisfied B satisfactorily C satisfying D satisfaction
Question 14: Although our opinions on many things , we still maintain a good relationship with each other
Question 15: Daniel a better understanding of Algebra than we do
Question 16: The pointless war between the two countries left thousands of people dead and seriously _
Question 17: Eager to be able to discuss my work _ in French, I hired a tutor to help polish my language skills
A expressively B articulately C ambiguously D understandably Question 18: The sight of his pale face brought to me how ill he really was
Mark the Letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions
Question 19: In a study, more Asian students than American students hold a belief that a husband is obliged to tell his wife his whereabouts if he comes home late
Question 20: Though I persuaded my boss to solve a very serious problem in the new management system, he just made light of it
A completely ignored B treated as important C disagreed with D discovered by chance Mark the Letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions
Question 21: Students from that university have conducted a survey to find out the most effective study habit
Question 22: Some operations may have to be halted unless more blood donors come forward to help
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges
Question 23: Bill is talking to his colleague
Bill: “ _, Jack?” – Jack: “Fine! I have just got a promotion.”
Trang 3A What happened B What are you doing C How are you doing D How come
Question 24: Two students are talking in a new class
Student 1: “Excuse me, is anybody sitting here?” – Student 2: “ ”
C Sorry, the seat is taken D Yes, yes You can sit here
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks
Amy Tan was born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California Tan grew up in Northern California, (25) _ when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland She returned to the United States for college After college, Tan worked as a language development consultant and as a corporate freelance writer In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game" for a writing workshop, which laid the early (26) _ for her first novel The Joy Luck Club Published in 1989, the book explored the (27) _ between Chinese women and their Chinese–American daughters, and became the longest–running New York Times bestseller for that year The Joy Luck Club received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Award It has been translated into 25 languages, including Chinese, and was made into a major motion picture for (28) _ Tan co–wrote the screenplay Tan's other works have also been (29) into several different forms of media
Question 27: A relate B relative C relationship D relatively
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
Newspapers and television news programs always seem to report about the bad things happening in society However, there is a place where readers can find some good news That place is the website called HappyNews The man behind HappyNews is Byron Reese Reese set up HappyNews because he thought other news sources were giving people an unbalanced view of the world Reese said about HappyNews, “The news media gives you a distorted view of the world by exaggerating bad news, misery, and despair We’re trying to balance out the scale.”
Not everyone agrees with Reese’s view, though Many people think that news sources have a responsibility to provide news that is helpful to people People need to know about issues or problems in today’s society Then they are better able to make informed decisions about things that affect their daily
Trang 4lives Reese said that HappyNews is not trying to stop people from learning about issues or problems HappyNews is just trying to provide a balanced picture of today’s world
By the end of its first month online, HappyNews had more than 70,000 unique readers About 60 percent of those readers were women Something else unique makes HappyNews different from any of the other news or information websites that are on the Internet Unlike many other websites, HappyNews gets fan mail from its readers on a daily basis
Question 30: Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A “Byron Reese Tells People How to Be Happy” B “Good News for a Change”
C “Newspapers vs Online News” D “Why Women Like HappyNews”
Question 31: How is HappyNews different than other news sources?
A All of the stories are written by Reese B HappyNews does not exaggerate its stories
C Its stories are not about bad things D The website only has stories about women Question 32: The word “they” in paragraph 2 refers to _
Question 33: Why might some people NOT like HappyNews?
A It doesn’t tell them about important issues or problems
B Reese’s stories are about misery and despair
C Some sources give a balanced view
D The stories are from around the world
Question 34: What does “exaggerating” mean in this reading?
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
No sooner had the first intrepid male aviators safely returned to Earth than it seemed that women, too, had been smitten by an urge to fly From mere spectators, they became willing passengers and finally pilots in their own right, plotting their skills and daring line against the hazards of the air and the skepticism of their male counterparts In doing so they enlarged the traditional bounds of a women's world, won for their sex a new sense of competence and achievement, and contributed handsomely to the progress of aviation
But recognition of their abilities did not come easily "Men do not believe us capable." The famed aviator Amelia Earhart once remarked to a friend "Because we are women, seldom are we trusted to do
an efficient job." Indeed old attitudes died hard: when Charles Lindbergh visited the Soviet Union in 1938
Trang 5with his wife, Anne–herself a pilot and gifted proponent of aviation – he was astonished to discover both men and women flying in the Soviet Air Force
Such conventional wisdom made it difficult for women to raise money for the up – to – date equipment they needed to compete on an equal basis with men Yet they did compete, and often they triumphed finally despite the odds
Ruth Law, whose 590 – mile flight from Chicago to Hornell, New York, set a new nonstop distance record in 1916, exemplified the resourcefulness and grit demanded of any woman who wanted to fly And when she addressed the Aero Club of America after completing her historic journey, her plainspoken wordstestified to a universal human motivation that was unaffected by gender: "My flight was done with
no expectation of reward," she declared, "just purely for the love of accomplishment."
Question 35: Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
C Dangers Faced by Pilots D Women Spectators
Question 36: According to the passage, women pilots were successful in all of the following EXCEPT _
A challenging the conventional role of women B contributing to the science of aviation
C winning universal recognition from men D building the confidence of women
Question 37: What can be inferred from the passage about the United States Air Force in 1938?
A It had no women pilots B It gave pilots handsome salaries
C It had old planes that were in need of repair D It could not be trusted to do an efficient job Question 38: In their efforts to compete with men, early women pilots had difficulty in
A addressing clubs B flying nonstop C setting records D raising money
Question 39: According to the passage, who said that flying was done with no expectation of reward?
A Amelia Earhart B Charles Lindbergh C Anne Lindbergh D Ruth Law
Question 40: The word ‘skepticism’ is closest in meaning to _
Question 41: The word ‘addressed’ can be best replaced by
Question 42: The word ‘counterparts’ refers to
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction
in each of the following questions
Question 43: Some people say often that using cars is not so convenient as using motorbikes
Trang 6A say often B using cars C so D as using motorbikes Question 44: They are having their house being painted by a construction company
Question 45: Transgender people are denied the ability to join the armed forces due to discriminating policies implemented by the government
A Transgender B are denied C armed forces D discriminating
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions
Question 46: “I agree that I am narrow–minded,” said the manager
A The manager denied being narrow–minded
B The manager admitted being narrow–minded
C The manager refused to be narrow–minded
D The manager promised to be narrow–minded
Question 47: A supermarket is more convenient than a shopping centre
A A shopping centre is not as convenient as a supermarket
B A shopping centre is more convenient than a supermarket
C A supermarket is not as convenient as a shopping centre
D A supermarket is as inconvenient as a shopping centre
Question 48: It was a mistake for Tony to buy that house
A Tony couldn’t have bought that house
B Tony can’t have bought that house
C Tony needn’t have bought that house
D Tony shouldn’t have bought that house
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions
Question 49: Julian dropped out of college after his first year Now he regrets it
A Julian regrets not having dropped out of college after his first year
B Julian wishes he didn’t drop out of college after his first year
C If only Julian hadn’t dropped out of college after his first year
D Only if Julian had dropped out of college after his first year would he not regret it
Question 50: Seth informed us of his retirement from the company He did it when arriving at the meeting
Trang 7A Only after his retiring from the company did Seth tell us about his arrival at the meeting
B Not until Seth said to us that he would leave the company did he turn up at the meeting
C Hardly had Seth notified us of his retiring from the company when he arrived at the meeting
D No sooner had Seth arrived at the meeting than we were told about his leaving the company